Florida’s Eric Staal caught screaming at Boston’s Tomas Nosek on a hot mic after high hit

Late in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference first-round series between the Boston Bruins and the Florida Panthers, hot mics caught Panthers center Eric Staal yelling at Bruins forward Tomas Nosek for a high hit.

In a battle in the corner in the third period, while following through on a check on Staal, Nosek raised his elbow up and appeared to hit Staal on the head – sending him to the ice.

The hit was not noticed by any officials on the ice and Nosek was not penalized for the infraction.

During a stoppage in play, Staal staked over to his bench and called out Nosek right in front of the microphone of ESPN reporter Ray Ferraro.

‘Good hit, good clean hit, that’s f***in nice,’ Staal yelled over sarcastically to which Nosek responded by telling him to shut up.

Things got heated late in the game between the Panthers and Bruins after a hit by Boston’s Tomas Nosek (92) on Florida’s Eric Staal (not pictured)

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Nosek appeared to catch Staal with an elbow to the head late in the third period of the game

Afterwards, the pair skated to the benches and started lobbing obscenities at each other

A still irate Stall yelled again, ‘Good clean hit you f***in loser’, before sitting down on the bench.

This incident came a day after Toronto Maple Leafs forward Michael Bunting laid a similar hit on Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak. 

Cernak was injured and left the game while Bunting received a match penalty and was ejected. Bunting was later suspended for three games by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety.

Player Safety has not announced anything regarding a hearing for Nosek’s hit.

The Panthers won the game by a 6-3 final score to tie the series 1-1. Game 3 is Friday night in Sunrise, Florida.